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His trainer, Al Certo, pleaded with him, “You’re going to disgrace yourself.” It fell on deaf ears, Andrew had enough. Two turbulent rounds of being viciously torn into by an un-caged animal were so traumatic that a flee response was triggered in the fighter which saw him make a hare-footed departure from the ring and, it appeared, out of boxing. Watching as Andrew Golota left the arena under a cloud of shame and with his credibility smashed to pieces yet again, one had no choice but to write him off as a legitimate heavyweight contender there and then. “Boxing is a very, very difficult sport,” he said meekly after the fight. “I apologize to all my fans.” Following the debacle, Golota announced his retirement. [details]
